§ Major ANSTRUTHER-GRAYasked whether attention has been drawn to the statement recently made at a demonstration of transport workers at Hull to the effect that sailors and firemen of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, and the Atlantic coast of America and Great Britain, had already decided on a day when they would strike work; and whether, in view of the fact that five-sixths of our food supply comes from beyond the seas, steps will be taken to prevent a shortage, in view of its effect on the food supplies of the poor of the United Kingdom?
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§ Mr. SYDNEY BUXTONI have seen the statement referred to. I do not propose, as at present advised, to take any special steps in the matter.